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Sydney in top 10 financial centres

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2015

AMP Capital targets $2.8bn infrastructure raising

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2015
... infrastructure debt assets since 2001. AMP Capital has also recently acquired a US$27.7 million ($38.7 million) property in Kansas City which will be listed in its Global Direct Property Fund. The property is a 'multifamily' asset comprising 308 units ...

Towers Watson boosts hedge fund research team

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2015
... and he was responsible for managing its external manager alpha program. Victoria Vodolazschi has been appointed in New York City and will focus on long/ short equity, macro and systematic strategies. She was previously a consulting strategy specialist ...

PROFILE: Magellan chief investment officer Hamish Douglass

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2015
... office like this. I'm terrified of moving offices because it might change the culture. We've dismissed buildings around the city because the harbour view is too good," Douglass grins. "I'm nervous about giving people a really nice environment to work ...

Australians making more money from investing than working

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015
... just earned is about equivalent to the national average wage. Last month the ABS reported that the weighted average capital city house price growth index across Australia was 7% albeit this was fuelled by the 13% surge in Sydney and that as a result ...

Perth toll road an opportunity for super funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
... Western Australian and federal governments have agreed to funding arrangements for the 13.4 kilometre Perth Freight Link - the city's first toll road - which will connect north-eastern suburbs to Fremantle. Nalder said in his interview that tolls from ...

Sydney house prices up 5-times national average

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2015
Reinforcing concerns over rising Sydney property prices, the ABS latest house price index reveals the harbour city's home prices to be rising more than 5-times faster than other capitals. In the 12 months to March 2015 the ABS reported Sydney prices ...

Property bubble debate heats up

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
... has put in place severe measures to cool house prices in Auckland, including a 33% tax on properties bought or sold in the city within two years. Speaking about APRA's measures to tighten lending, Property Investment Professionals of Australia (PIPA) ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2015
... Kong rose 1.96 per cent, or 535.73 points, to 27,822.28 on speculation authorities will soon announce a tie-up between the city's index and Shenzhen's, similar to that with Shanghai. However, Seoul fell 0.65 per cent, or 13.83 points, to close at 2,106.50 ...

Stone and Chalk names chief executive

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2015
... New Sydney-based fintech hub, Stone and Chalk, has promised early stage investors and organisations access to some of the city's best entrepreneurs on top of its recent chief executive announcement. Heading Stone and Chalk will be Australian-born Alex ...